hills, Hills, and more HILLS!!!

I went to train with P2 today and if you read my previous posting the schedule called for a hill workout on the bike. Most of the group that I trained at P2 are out in Colorado at the spring training camp being put on by my coach. Although, I am not in Colorado, I got in plenty of hills.

I hurried down to St. Paul to meet up with the group and only one other guy showed up (Dan)-I was a little freaked since he is REALLY fast! Anyways we waited around a bit for others to come and no one else showed-so we were on our way. We biked down river road to Shepard Rd. passing a couple of hills that we would come back to later. We got to the bottom of Shepard Rd and did a couple long repeats-not bad but we were moving! Then on to the second hill for repeats much steeper hill-I was going 30 mph down the hill with my brakes on, if that gives you any idea. We did a total of 6 repeats on that hill and then we were on our way to the next one. The second hill we did was the Hidden Falls hill-very steep curvy but a little shorter. We only did one repeat on that hill (my choice-I was afraid that I was going to fall over!). The hill was filled with pot holes and sand making it hard to maintain a safe pace and grip with the road. Then last but not least- the "Dam Hill" we ended up doing 4 hill repeats on the dam hill and then I had to call it a night (Dan kept going for a few more sets). I on other hand had to get home to update my blog and get a few ZZZZZZ's before work.

Overall it was a great ride-we did 25 miles. 1:45 ride time.
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Just a quick update

It's been a great week not writing papers or responding to discussions! I don't think that I will be missing school once I'm done!!!!!!

Although, I haven't has school this week I have had to work everyday (including my day off!) We are in the process of going paperless-yes we are finally joining the new century and the other hospitals around us. Although, I look forward to the change of computer charting, I DO NOT CARE FOR DOING IT ON MY DAYS OFF!!!!!

Anyways for training this week:
Monday was the typical swim club day with my two boys (the only two people that show up) I ended up getting in a little over 2700 meters. I felt pretty good and I STAYED focused on just completing my workout instead of working on trying to make better swimmers out of the guys. I'm not there to teach swim lessons-RIGHT!

Tuesday, I intended on going out for a 90 minute run-but it didn't happen. I have a slower than normal recovery from the marathon. My knee was really bothering me and I was having a lot of cramping in my legs-go figure a week to focus on my training and I'm hurting! I ended up only getting in 2.5 miles.

Wednesday, I had a decent workout consisting of a swim and bike. I started off biking 18 miles on the flat roads of Coon Rapids. I then got in the pool and did about 4500 meters-I felt really heavy in the water and tired from working Tuesday night. Following my workout, I hung out with the gang at my FAVORITE Mexican restaurant to celebrate Corrine's, LeAnn's, and Roxie's birthdays-A little tequila and head shaking for LeAnn. Let me tell you once I got home from celebrating-I was exhausted!!!!!

Tonight I plan to train with P2-It looks like a hard workout of hills on the bike and a short run.